🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2023-5231

MEDIUM 6.4

Magic Action Box <= 2.17.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Magic Action Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 2.17.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor pogidude
Product magic action box
Published Oct 20, 2023
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

pogidude / Magic Action Box
0 ≤ 2.17.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ce9b908b-1388-41fb-915c-e4e29eaf57ed?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/magic-action-box/tags/2.17.2/lib/functions.php#L287

Credits

István Márton